msmvn turn en
A Tale of tlio Early Soillors
ol Louisiana,
DY AUSTIN O. DURDICIC
oiiAi"ri:n x. (Cuiiiiiiutxi.)
"Hut m lint Is IIki nature of Hill i!n n
Iter? Whnt la llilii nltcrnnllvo'i"
"1 dnre not apenk now, lull I may tell
)OII NOMIU iIimm,'
"Hill "
" nil!" Interrupted tin- prlnci'oi), In nn
abrupt, tint kind lone. "Vim tiiimt
lint urge mo beyond whnt I Imvi- nsaureil
J nil, "i j it 11 1 1 it npciika nut without
tliiiilnlil, mill lui lni Hi(ik nM the
aecotnl lime. I iiiiint not atop now. 1
know llin chnriiiicr of aomn of your poo
I'lc, nml lliHr wonla iln nof come from
llivlr licnrtn, Ho nii might lm led nwny,
nml tliluli Slung Hirpnit meant n ilnrk
thing when lio npoUtt fnlr. Vim "III nut
forget Co'iunlln."
Willi these worila Him turned .jinny,
mill ere llm youth coolil ili'lnln tier ah"
na gone. Iln anw the hi-nvy door chisii
nflcr Iiit Unlit mill griiioful form, nml
llii'ii lu nnnk down ngnlti ti I 1 1 (In cold
rnrtli. Whii I i-inilil Iim tin. uifTiniiiK "I
Iiit Ml'l Why should alio hum iiiiihi
to lilin lima tn worn lilm of n ilmiitir
Hircntciicl by Iht fnilicr? It wna n
alrnnge clrouiiislniiie, nml afforded tlm
lirlmniiT plenty uf fun I for tlioimlit.
The morning iliiumil, tin' prison dour
wna opciiiil, nml Stung Hnrjx'lit entered,
nml u lili lilm came tiro otlicra, o;i of
tin-in mi nlit Minn, decrepit with nge, nml
tlm otluT n t n II, athletic iiinii, only n
little- older tlinn Stung Serpent. White
1 1 n (til iiilckly rccngn's-il this l.ittr I ml 1
vlilunl n the Great Hon -tlm king of nil
tin' Nnttiie. not only from lila nolilo
hearing mill lil rcscmlilniiee to lila hrnth
rr. lull nUo from tin' rnrloiitly wrought
circlet of fenilnra, with ll ilcvnled
tililinn of norac hnlr, that adorned lila
)lUil
'I'lir jniilli nroao na Iheae turn intercd
lint lm illil nut apenk. Ilia nrma wrro
folded acroaa hla hrcnat, nml with
steady, rnlin look, hu relumed till' It n't'
that una bent upon lilm.
"White 1 1 ami." apolot the iirlliPC, "Hat
en to the wurila Hint tlm Ureal Hun lull
peak to tln'f."
At these wonla the kiln! stepped for
wnril, Tlio prisoner hml act n many proud
nu n, nml ninny of the grcnt men mining
lila people, l.llt lie hml never urn one '
purely iioMe In lila look mnl hearing na
tlio (I nut Hun of the Nntehei.
"Hun of the inle fnred InViulcr," spoke
the rhleftnln, thy people hnve iiilile up
on in with evil Intent, mnl their feet nl
realty tre.nl upon lamia not their own
'i'hey have rome nllh mootli tongue nml
tolling fine, ami while they whispered
words of line, they huie rohlie,l ua of
that wliIMi the (Irent Hplrit hml glron
in. The white liinu saya the Nntihca
re trrflrherotia; tint falsehood wna not
here until the white innn enmr. He sajs
ttiar Nati'hei nre cruel; hut the dove la
cruel wlnu her neat la despoiled liy tlni
erpent. Whence nrt thou here In the
village of the White Apple? Uuat thou
kunwl'
"No, no," ultereil the prlanner.
"Tla because of the etll that iwella
In the lioaotn of your people. We nought
rhllil of the while mull to aeml him mi
mlmlim to the white lu.in'a (1ml, mi I
while we aouiiht such mi one, lo! the wish
Wna met liy one who wished to he free of
mi I'liriiiiiliniuce upon lilm. Von will
nut fenr to no upon the mission we wouhl
have you perforin. Iliory J cur miiny of
our people kii lotuiitnrlly to the ivmlj of
pints to neiiiiiipnuy their lieloveil rela
tire. Then why should ion fenr, allire
yon, Vio, will naieml nt once to the home
of your (loil? l mm of the pnle fnre,
llatrul (lo tell jour (lo I that hu thill
I'lnl no inure vciigcnui'o tipuii the
Nntclici for tlio ileeila they hnve iloue
to tlm white moll. Tell lilm how tli
white innn hna come lo despoil ua. Tell
Mill thla: Once the Nutchei were luiipy
ml peaceful; their lioiuea were pure, nml
their heart a were k'lnil. I'lcnly mnl.e,
upon tliciii, nml Joy wna thelra. Hut hy
mnl hy n a trim ire Inint, with wIiik like n
irrcat hlnl, enme over the irrent mi It Inke.
ml th white mini wna In It. lie enmo
with lire III hla cuna nml Hie In hla hnr
rela; nml when n inultltiule hml Imnlel
litre, they liriinn to itnce their font upon
our necka. Anil now our Joy la Koue, for
rottrnui-aa hna crept over our hoiucn; vlrv
iiaa fitter eil like iiient norea III our ill-
Inzcai our wnrrlora have ilrunk of the
ccuraeil lirvwiitvr until they h.ne I.e.
come tlkit ohl women; our ilomnln la he
romliiK wreateil from ua mi l aorrow alta
like a hlack spirit hrooilini; over our lie
cny. Tell your (!ol nil Dili, nml tlnn
gk Mm not to nnawer the white niiiii'a
praycra when they nak for leiixenucu
Ifaluat the Natchez, lleinetiiher my
worila, nml fnrk'i't not one of them,"
Th ii a apenkhiK, the (Irent Hun fohleil
lila arms nml iioieil tllrntly Into tlio
youth'a fncc. White. Hnml wan morvil
deeply moved liy the Hpeech lie find
heard, for thoro wna n depth of pnthoa
In It thnt nppcnled directly to the heart.
Jle knuw well whnt cacli .word of tlio
cfilaft nlu meant, mul ho know how trim
It mi Uut heyuud thla there wna n
inemilmr thk atruck terror to the youth'a
oul, lto wna Juat upon the point of fall
ing upon hla kneea, when the (irent Huu
turned nwny mid ntnlked from tlio place,
l'nte nml trcmhllnit,' White Hand wnti li
ed lilm until ho wna gone, and then turn
ed to Htunif Serpent. .
"White llnud, you Jinvo heard tlio
wonla of the (5 rent Huu, Ho linn npokru
to you the truth, Now follow me."
Then Htunit Horpeut wnlked slowly
from tlio prlaoti homo, nml the old man
took White 1 1 n nil hy tlio nrm mid unlit:
"Comol" Imtlnetlvely lio ohoyed tho
uininoua, thoiiKh hla nlepa treinlded an
lio walked forth. When ho reached the
open nlr, tlio primmer looked around, hut
not a llvliik Hdnk' could ho aeo aaro tho
tout prime who walked on alieud nud
, tho ohl in ii n who hid hlni.
Next to tlio irlaon, nml illatnnt aoiue
five roila, atooil tho tomple, Whlto Hand
know It hy the rude Imitation of tho llni
IniC aim thnt ndorned tlio roof nt tlio ga
llic. Into thla tomplo ho wna led, nml
hero ho found aomo twenty men, eight ol
whom wero those wnrrlora whoao duty
It win to nlteiid tho Kncred llro, Thla
flro wna burning upon nn nltnr, nml very
curloualy wrought with ntrntigu devlcea,
Hut the youth took hut llttlu notice of th
nltnr, Hla nttcullon wnn nrreated hy the
appearance of twu atout men who atood
ncur the nltnr with knives III their lunula,
nml with u Inrgo howl between them
which wna blood-itnliicd both outside mul
In.
"Now, Whlto Hniiil," apoko Stung Her
pent, approaching lilm mid plnclug Ida
liroud hand upon hla aliouhlcr, "you will
not forget tho meaango that tho (I rout
Hun has given you to deliver to your
(lud, and you must gtvo It word for words
mid If tho Great Hplrit of tho white mun
knows nil thluga, ho will know thnt tho
Natchez hao only unit to him tho words
of truth. Von will havo nn cuay path
from the ciutli, for our warriors know
hoir In net tho nplrlt frcn without pnlu,"
Willi n 'iiilck atnrt Whlto Hnml hound-
ed hnck from Htutig Hcrpcnl'n lunch, Tho
whole truth now enmo iipnn Mm. Il
kmiw Hint the temple In a nclghhorliw
viiingo nan heeu recently struck liy uglii-
plug nml huriiinl to italics, nml li had
hmrd thnt the guverlior of the fort nt
llnoiilln hml prorcaaeil lo nak hla (loil to
aeml the calamity upon them. Now tho
lliilliilia, In tholr iKliorani-o of fnlth, he
llered they coiilil aeml n meaango to tint
offended (lod of the while man, nml that
when ho knew the truth, hla linger would
ho nppenaeil,
"Ilnlill" ho uttered, railing hla linn I
tnwnrda the prince, "What hnrii I dune
thnt you should take my life? I'roiu n
aiuiill hoy I hnve grown up here, mul
never, by thought or deed, did I harm lo
oho of your people. Why, thin, do you
Hike nn liinni'cut peraon to nhiy V
'The pnle hoy hna fallen Into our pow
er, nml we would aiinl lilm on n holy
uilaaioti. Not In nligcr or reiengo do wo
aeek to do this, hut only for good. Thou
nrt n rnat-nwiiy from tlioao you loved,
nml u rely you would nither bo with
tlioao of your people who hnve gone to
I lie la ml of apliita before you Until to
hnve no home."
"And you think I will carry the mea
sage you would aciulV" cried the youth
"Nn!' he added, deeply nml solemnly. "I
will tell the (Irent Hplrit how 1 wna n
poor prlanner In your lunula, I will tell
hint Ihua: In my own homo I hud n bit
ter enemy. Thnt enemy dealred my
riifn thnt he might pmacaa all my father's
gold: no he hetrnyed lun Into tho hands
of the red men. They took me with them
to their village, nml I murmured not.
Then they aclncit me, ns they would n
brute, nml murdered me In cold blood!
Thus will I apeak unto the (lod of henv-
in, nud nak for vengeance upon my Intir
dcrcrs. Ho aure, now, ye wnrrlora of the
iNntciiiT, that I will do na I hnve anlil
I hnve harmed ye not."
The red wnrrlora were pcrplcicd, nnd
fin aoine momenta they whlapereil togeth
er III their own tongue. Then Htung Her
pent npproncheil Ida prlanner nml took
Mm hy the hnml, mi l having gated awhile
Into hla face, hu anld:
"Io you believe Htung Herpent wouhl
apenk u fnUehood7"
"I do lint," wna Whltn Hand's Inline
il Into nnawer.
"Then 1 1 h t fit to me. If I apnru your
life, I iiiuat apenk fnlaehood, for I prom
lie. I that you nhoiild not live."
"To whom did you mnkv audi n prom
lae?" the on I h naked.
"Never mind. Hindi n promlae I mnde.
Hut I hnve no dialre to keep It, now th.it
you will not enrry the meaango wo ink
you to, ante for mine honor,"
"Honor! And run the nnbleat wnrrior
of nil the Utile Huna of the Natchez llnd
honor In Inking the life of one who never
harmed him?"
"Not In thnt not In that. Vet 1 gave
my word."
Thus speaking, the old wnrrior walkel
slowly to the other end of the temple,
nud then enme hark ngnln, nml when he
slopped, a rny of light hnd idiot nthwnrt
Ida dusky fenturea.
"While Hnnd," ho anld, apenklng more
deeply than before, "enn I know that
thou wilt not spenk fnlsehno.l to mi
Hint If I have a promise from thee I tuny
real naaured It will hu moat ancredly
kept?"
"Ay upon my life!" replied the prison
er, lHiwIug low,
"Then If I spare thee now, wilt thou
swenr not to revi-nl thyself to any white
person who shall como hither to our ill
luge, nud thnt thou wilt not lenve our
vlllnge, snve with my consent? Hhall 1
hnve this promise from thee?''
The youth hesllnted nut nil Instant:
but the promise wna given iiutckly nnd
disllniily.
"Tlu ii come with me now, mid In time
Hum ahnlt see me ngnln. Hut rvliii-m-lr,
thy promise la glteu on thy life, mid
Slung Serpent trusts thee. Not nnother
lunn of nil thy people could have moved
the N'ntchex prince ns thou hnst."
Tuns apenklng, Htung Herpeut stnlkcd
from the temple, mid the old innn took
White Hnml ngnln hy the nrm nnd led
lilm forth. Once more he wna conduct
iil In the prison, nud without n word,
the old Indian pushed Mm In, and then
locked tho door upon him.
niAi'Tnit xi.
Alone the prisoner remained until noun
nnd then hla dinner wna brought by nn
Indian whom he had not before seen, lie
asked no ipieallous, but allowed the mes
senger lo go nnd come In alienee. An
hour nfterwnrda the door wna ngnln
opened, nuT tills time the light, nlry form
of the rrlncens tinpinlla cut ere. I the prls
White llnud Inline, Mutely nrojc nml
moved tuwnrdn her.
"Mr whlto brother Ii safe, nud Co-
iiinlla Is glad," the princes utteieil, na
she took the proffered hnml.
'Ah, fnlr prlneesa! exchilmed the
youth, with some anilneas In hla tune:
hut how long shall I be safer
"As long na you widi. ll.it Udell. The
Niitcliez apenk pli.luly when they luxe
uuythllig to any, for they woo d be iiul.k
ly uniersliiod. My fallicr lias promised
to kill thee, mid In one wny nluiie inn
he forego Ida pledge. He will not kid
Ida own noii-lu-hiw," t
The dusky princess trembled ns she
poke, mul her heml wns bowed, Itut
White Hnml understood her. Hu gnzed
n few moments upon her downcast fine,
mid hu wondered nt her extreme beauty
She wns dark, but the ) tint Ii hnd atoll
faces In Ida uwn Ian. I much darker, but
never had seen a smoother, fairer akin,
nor fenturea more faultlessly regular mi l
beautiful. He started nt her words, but
It was with a strange, thrilling start, mul
roiihled, pcrplcicd look worked upon
Ida face.
Coiiuiilln," he snld, "Hum nrt the only
laughter of thy father?"
Thou apenkeat truth, was her reply.
Ami will thy father give me to thee
for n husband?"
"He will."
"And how la thy wish?"
"Like my father's. He loves thee, for
thou hnst touched Ida heart. Last night
I heard him say thou wnat the llrat un
complaining, noble white mun he h.id
over seen full of pain nud sorrow, I love
thee, too, nud can nlwuys lovo thee und
he tr.uo,"
Whlto 1 1 n ml aturto.1 across tho prison,
and his head was bowed In deep thought.
At length ho stopped and took Coiiualln
by tho hnnd aud led her to whero tho
ground rolled up Into n little kuoll, and
here ho snt down nud drew tho prlucesi
to his side.
'Couunlln." ho whispered, "spenk to
me truly, now, and let not a thought of
nio retain your words, or mold them to
smoothusss of utterance. You would
marry mo. Is It for luvo of uie, or only
to save lny life?"
"Hoth," answered tho fnlr girl, "Hut
wero thy life nil thlno own, aud I thought
that the asklug would bring theo to mo
forever, I'd ask thee on my knees,"
A little while tho youth held tho hand
of tho princess, and gazed Into her large,
dark eyes, mnl then he spoke. Ills words
wero low nnd earnest, and Coquulla list
ened In silence. Ho went on. nnd spoke
nioro freely, but still lu a whisper, nnd
when he hnd done, the prluccas placed
her arms nliout his neck nnd wept. He,
too, wound Ids arms nhout tho lithe form
of his companion mid pressed her to his
bosonij nnd from that moment their loves
were reciprocal.
Ooqualla hurrloj away from tho prison,
I nml when she returnmt, alio brought with
her the dreaa of n I.lltlo Huu of tlm
, Nnti lieii, nml nn cnrlliiui Imttlc. Whltn
, Hnml wna noun arrayed ju tlm In llan
gnrh, mid then the prlnceaa proceeded lo
imtho lila face, nrma mnl ri-et with
fluid Hint wns contained In the bottle
It wns ii preparation of tho outer cover
Ing of III ii hickory nut, nml somo peril
liar root, which gave the color of the
rod man i skin.
Thus nrriiyed nml metamorphosed, Co
iiiialln look her lover by the hand nnd led
him forth. Not far from Hie temple wns
tho house of Stung Herpent. It wna, like
nil tho other dwellings, of nil oblong form,
the walls built of rough timber, mnde
tight hy n cemi'iit formed of clny nnd
Spanish uioaa, with n roof of reeda mul
vines very ski fu Interwoven unon
frame, nml mnde tlgh't by tlib aiime kind
of cement Hint formed the walla. To thla
house White 1 1 nml wna led, mil when
he entered, ho foil ml Hint not only were
nil of Htung Serpent's family prrstnt,
but also the (Irent Sun nml his wives.
(To be continued,)
MAQILTON, THE APE AORODAT.
Htor from f-cotluinl of ii Uhost and n
rerles of Drenma,
Somo yi'iirs ngo my wife linil repented
ilreiiiim of n house, tho Interior urruugo
incuts of which she ilesciibod minutely,
iiltlinugli no Idea lis to Its locality wns
coiivoyoil to her. Hubseriiivntly, In the
yenr lWi'I, I hired for tho nutuinn from
I. inly II it liotisu In the Highlands,
with shooting nnd llshlng; my son, who
wns In Scotland nt tlio time, arranged
tho mutter, neither my ivlfo nor I hav
ing seen the pluce. When I went (with
out my wife) to tnnlio llnnl nrningo
uii'tits for tnklng possession, Lndy II
wns still living In tho house, mid sho
told me thnt if I did not mind sho pro
posed putting mo for the night Into a
iH'droom which sho herself usually oc
cupied, nnd which for somo time past
liuil been hniinteil by "a little lndy,"
who rnntliiuntly appeared In It. As 1
wns somowhnt skeptical upon such
mutters 1 replied that I should he de
lighted to mnko the acquaintance of
her ghostly visitor, nnd I accordingly
slept In the room, but no such visitor
appeared to me.
Subsequently, upon my wife's arrival
nt the house, she, to lier great astonish -
meiit, found It to be the counterpart of
nor urenm nouse, ann on inspecting u
fiom ball to nttlc every detail appeared
to correspond. Hut on descending
ngnln to the hnll sho said: "No, this
cniinot lie tho house, after nil, ns In my
drentu there wns another suite of rooms
on thnt side, which Is missing here."
She was nt once told that there wns
micli n suite of apartments, not bp-
l-roiiched from the hall, and on being
taken over mem sue recoguizca every
room. She, however, said that a lied
mom In this suite nppenred In her
dream to lie a sitting-room, and It ap
peared that this had been the case, but
th.it the nrrahgement bad Just been al
tered. A day or two after, my wife and I
met Ijidy H , nnd I Introduced the
two ladles to each other, as they had
not previously been acquainted, lu
sluntly Ijidy II exclaimed: "Why,
you ure the lady who haunted my bed
room." I havo no explanation to offer,
nor had my wife during the rest of her
life, ns to whnt some might call n re
mnrknble coincidence, nnd what would
be called In tho Highlands a case of
Vci-oud sight." Certainly my dear wife
was the Inst person in tlio world to
give undue license to her Imagination,
nud, further, I can vouch for the fact.
nnd so enn other memlierH of my fatn
liy, that she did undoubtedly descrlbo
accurately a house which hnd somo
rather remarkable arrangements, and
this long before she or nny other mem
hers of the family were even aware
that such n house really existed."
DodgliiK Ilullrt.
I once watched n man for more thnn
nn hour llro repeatedly at n loon ou n
pond In Lincoln County, Maine, the loon
Mug frozen In by thin Ice, but linvlug
kept a small circular spnee open by Its
movements, the Ire not being strong
enough to sustain the innn, und the
open space not being large enough to
enable the bird to swim nnd rise, as a
loon cannot rise lu (light from a sta
tionary position lu the water. Tlio loou
dodged every shot (by diving), although
within easy gunshot range from the
shore. It wns not killed until tho next
morning, when the Ico had liecomo
strong enough to iktiiiII the man to go
close up to the open space nnd shoot
when the loon cntue to the surface; but,
under the (ircumsruiices, I think the
man ought to have Ih'cii shot Instead
of tho loon. -Communication ln Now
York Sun.
I don't know anything about loons,
but It does not i-eeiii to me audi a re
markable thing for nn atilmal to doxlge
shot or oven n ball. The Initial velocity
of n ball from the average sporting rlllo
Is very much under 1.000 feet per sec
ond, and the time of passage for 100
yards Is a very considerable fraction of
n second. Tor the ordinary shotgun It
Is frequently a second or more. Light,
for all practical purposes In dodging,
Is Instantaneous, ko If the loon sees tho
Hash why shouldn't he get out of the
wny? I have frequently stood on tho
target butts until after a shot was fired
nt 000 yaids from n Springfield army
rlllo. Jumping Into the p!t before tho
bull reached the target, nnd I never
thought this much of n trick. With a
Wliuiiestcr It would havo been scarce
ly necessary to have Jumped at nil; I
,l,l,t Imi'u iv-ittbn,t nff Pjnmiii,i1nfl. '
ll,l,,ll ,11, ,V !!,.. V-., UV.It.UU
Hon In New York Sun. ,
IlUimirck's Illg Ilniln.
I'rlmo Ulsmnrck'H liratn, according to
the Ihitterlng cstlmntu of tlio anthropol
ogist, Otto Amnion, wns probably the
heaviest known to anatomical science.
Herr Amnion, In consultation with
Prof. Sclinfer, tho sculptor, concluded
from tho measurements tnuen for
Schafer's bust that tho bralu of tho
old Bttiteninn weighed 1,807 grammes,
nnd consequently exceeds In weight
thnt of nny known genius. Cuvler'a
lirnlii weighed 1,830 grammes, Hyrou'a
1.807. Kraut's l.ttRO, Schiller's 1,030,
and Dante's 1,420. Tlio nverngo weight
ii... l..nl., nt mi Intfillliwnt V.... I
Ol HU' Hint, -. ...OVM UUIU'
penu Is only 1,880 grnmmes.
Ills ltollnnoo.
"Do you really bellovo In your profes
sion of fnlth healing?"
"It depends," satd the man who Ic ad-
,,wii n .i,.,.or
youiiicannsamedlcalnIdoraallnan-!ft
clal luvestment."-Washlngtoa Star.
A young man should not make his
every fancy his fiancee.
AFTER ALL, WHAT IS FAME?
Undo Ham -Holison, Hobson? Seems to me I can't place lilm. Oh, yes,
n't ho kiss fconielxidy or sink a ship?
dldn'l
THE PANAMA CANAL.
Home of the Main features of a Uraat
Kfinlneerlng; Work.
Now that tho diplomatic obstacles In
tho way of tho construction of the
I'n tin inn Canal arc removed, many peo
ple, tho Tribune farmer believes, will
bo glad to refresh their memories con
cerning tho leading engineering fea
tures of tho plan.
Tho Isthmus Is thirty Ave miles wide
1 1 straight line, but the canal will
. i)0 about thirty-eight nnd a half miles
( ongi not ncludlua channel dredging
t10 terminal harbors. Tho general
direction from tho Atlantic (Caribbean)
' nnj to tho rncltlc outlet Is from north-
WP,t to southeast. Tho I'acldc iwrt.
iMunnia, Is nliout twenty miles further
j cast than Colon on tho Atlantic. The
highest ground Is off to tho south, nnd
J the elevation hero Is sometimes .100
tvet above sea level. Tho water sup-
.C 4 ft f 0 0 T4
PACIFIC 0 C EA jy
noUTE or THE PA.VAUA CAXAL.
ply comes from the Chagres Itlver, to
the eastward of the canal route. That
stream Joins tho latter near Gnmboa,
aud widens out Into a lako (Hohlo)
twclvo and a half miles long. Much
of this can be utilized for the canal at
very little cost. The general coiirso
of the Chagres Is northwestward, and
It empties Into tho Caribbean several
tulles west of Colon, having flowed
through a low, marshy country much
of the way. from Lake Hohlo the
canal follows a different route from
the river. It Is proposed to have the
bottom of tho canal 100 feet wide. Tlio
slopo ot the banks, and hence tbo
width at tho top, will depend on the
nature ot the soil through which the
canal Is cut. The canal IsMo be thirty
Ovo feet deep.
To tho first stretch of twelve and a
half miles southward from Colon there
will probably be no Interruption. In
order to reach tho level of Lake Hohlo
two or threo locks will bo necessary.
General H. V. Abbot advised having
tho lake, whoso height will bo deter
mined liy a dam across the old path
of the Chagres, only seventy feet
above sea lovcl. Tho United States
commission adopted ninety feet as tho
standard, although lu tho driest season
this may fall off to eighty-two. Where
tho canal tups the lake two or three
locks nro to bo Introduced. The com
mission favored only two, each making
a difference of forty-two or forty-five
feet In tho water level. Although such
locks nre feasible, It Is remotely possl-
bio that three may Anally bo adopted
as It Is safer to lock up and down only
thirty feet ns a time. If a third lock
Is Introduced perhaps It will not bo
located close to tho other two, but bo
constructed at Tiger Hill. An enor
mous datn, blocking tho course ot the
Chagres, Is to bo built n lit t lo cast of
tho Hohlo locks. Engineers say that
tliero will bo less danger of seepage,
leakago through the soil. If there Is
lfcd of "ny B',i"aV0 , seventy
'r,e,' 1118 ead f, B f "'"f
mil ho samo effect would bo secured.
a spillway if dtocbarco the surplus
At-
Ma I A.
water of Lake Hohlo, will be construct
ed three miles to tho southwest of the
,lin nn.l I r Ir a . . . . 1 1 ...II. ..1
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called the Olgante. A natural cut ox-
1st. here, slxty-flyo feet above sea lev-
el. Of course the spillway must be
higher than that to maintain the de-
sired level In like iZlo The , con l
mission proposes to have It clghty-Ove
fr niv, i ho . n v ih e ,
feet above the sea. From tbo Glgante
tho water will drain off through
swamps to the lower Chagres, a little
excavating helping tho flow here. It
Is expected that the Glgante spillway
will serve as an automatic safety valve
In time of floods.
As already stated, about twelve and
a half miles of route lie through Lake
Hohlo. For fully seven miles there
will be deep wnter. Only a little dredg
ing will be necessary as Gambon Is ap
proached. To the eouthcast of' the lat
ter point lies the heaviest work nlong
the whole route. For nearly eight
miles (7.03, to be exact) a cut In the
backbone of tho Isthmus will bo need
ed to bring the canal down to the
proper level. This Is known as the
Culebra cut The wnter will be no
higher hero than In Ijike Hohlo, and
there will be no locks. However, as It
may be desirable to drain the Culebra
level some time, gates will be Intro
duced near Gauiboa (at Obispo)
It may be remarked, In passing, that
the depth of the Culebra cut bears a
close relation to the height of the Ho
hlo dam. The amount of excavation
lu tbo former was lessened twenty feet
when the commission decided to raise
the level of I.ake Hohlo to ninety feet
auove me sea, instead of seventy feet.
on me other hand. If General Abbot
recommendations had been adopted. It
would have been necessary to go twen
ty feet lower In the cut. I'art of the
material to be removed here Is rock,
but a good deal Is merely clay.
Tartly to control the excesses of the
Chagres In very rainy weather. It has
been proposed to build a dam at Alha
Juela, ten or eleven miles cast of Gam
boa, near the source of the stream. An
artificial lake there would serve as a
reservoir, take care of part of the sur
plus water when the precipitation was
heavy, and thus relieve Lake Hohlo
of a part of Its responsibility. By af
fording storage, too, It would be able
to reinforce the lower lake In the dry
season.
At the southeastern end of the Cule
bra cut. at Tedro Miguel, there Is a
drop of sixty-two feet, managed by
two locks. At Mlraflores, a mile nnd a
third further, another lock lowers tho
level twenty-eight feet more. Beyond
that point to ranama, over four miles,
the canal Is at sea level. Dredging In
Colon Harbor to the extent ot 2.0 miles
nnd nt Panama for 3.0 miles will add
materially to the work required, but
theso figures are not Included In the
estimates already given for the canal
proper.
Spontaneous Combustion.
Cotton waste moist with lard or oth
cr animal oil will Ignite from the sun's
rays. So will damp lampblack. Nitric
acid and charcoal create spontaneous
combustion. New printer s Ink on pa
per when In contact with a hot steam
pipe will ignite quickly. Boiled tin
seed oil and turpentine In equal parts
on cotton or linen rags or cotton waste
will Ignite In a few hours under a
mild beat, and will In time create
enough heat to Ignite spontaneously,
Bituminous coal should not be stored
where It will come In contact with
woouen partitions or columns, or
against warm boiler settings or steam
pipes. This coal should not be very
deep If It Is to be kept on storage for
a long period. It piled In the base
ment of a building It should be shallow
and free from moisture and under good
ventilation.
It Accommodated nurglara.
A placard reading "Will Not Iteturn
Until December 3," placed upon th?
door of a residence In West Philadel
phia, was so Informing to burglars thnt
when the family did return at the date
fixed they found the house ransacked,
and silverware, Jewelry and much
clothing missing. The police were noti
fied, but tho thieves had not been so
accommodating aud left no hints on
their part.
Tho Problem Novel.
Naggsby Wlmt Is n problem rlovel?
Wnggsby It is one In which tho
motive of tho author and tho Judgment
ot the public are equally puzzling to
tho reader. Haltlmoro American.
Collars In Berlin.
Itccent statistics published In Berlin
show that thcro uro "5,700 dwelling cel.
laru lu that city.
A Difference lu 'Weight.
A body weighing one pound ou earth
would weigh twenty-aoveu nud a half
pouuds upou the sua.
ORGAN GRINDERS BETTER OFF.
Uelped by Concentration of 1'oimla
tlon,nti Old Uentlemnn Flinla.
In thesa days of flats and tall tene
ments, with families living on Hour
above floor towering In tho air, tlio
money for tho liiiml-orgnii man 1.4
thrown down to lilm wrapped up In
paper.
"I should think," said n benevolent
appenrlna old gentleman who was
walking along n South Side street the
Mhor ilnv. tn nn ffnl!iti firnti tfrlmlue
who could speak Kngllsfi cnotlgli to bo
understood: "I should think: flmt tho
money .coming down that wny, nil dona
up so, would add greatly to tho Inter -
est of the business. You never know
Just what you are going to get until
you nctually open the papers. Vou
might find 8. There' a mystery In
every package."
"Notta much mystery," said the or -
gan grinder, smilingly;
Ho was willing to admit Hint tliero
was a certain enjoyment In opening
the package It might contain largo
money; but he bad never come across
any gold there yet; people give the or
gan grinder now Just what they used to
give, namely, cents.
Well, then," said the benevolent ohl
gentleman, who appeared to bo a mun
who had time to stand around and talk,
"If they don't give any more thenn they
used to, how can you afford to doublo
up on your plant like this? A big ex
pensive organ, and two men to run It,
Instead of one."
"More people," was the substance of
the organ man's answer; and, without
undertaking to reproduce bis dialect,
what he told the old gentleman was
that In no end of blocks where there
used to be houses with one family
anlnA ll,n .,-,.,S ,1 nnn, 1.n A,,n.l In
'
IflaU or apartments, five or ten faml
, aml thn, v.u; Ie mI ,lt not
ve ,n(,lTduay more tlian they did
" . .' . . .,, ...
iyea" a.K: ' ? . J Jt "
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business nowadays made It possible to
do even the hand-organ business ou
the grander modern scale.
"Ye es," said the benevolent old
gentleman, turning as he spoke, and
wrapping up a coin In a piece of paper,
which, turning again, he handed to the
suave organist, who smiled again as
he opened It.
It was not a great mystery that this
package contained, but It was greater
than a cent Chicago Inter Ocean.
.i, .
AN ACCOMMODATING NEIGHBOR
Following; Conversation Between Two
Tonnjr Women Overlie rd
The following conversation of two
young ladles was overheard a few
nights ago on a Sixth avenue electric
car:
"Do you know, I think fhe Is abso
lutely the meanest woman I ever
knew?"
"Why, what Is the matter with her?"
"Matter? Why, everything. She
does nothing but borrow from morning
to night i'ou know. She has the
apartment Just across the hall from us,
and the day she moved In she started
by borrowing an cgg,from mother. The
next day she borrowed a cup of sugar,
and since that time she has borrowed
everything from n piece of butter to
the baby carriage, and has never made
any attempt to fctuni n single thing.
I have often told mother that I wns
going to borrow some ot the things
back, but she has always forbidden
me. Last night however, I hnd to
write some letters, and I had no Ink.
It was mining very hard, nud mother
was out fo 1 resolved that rather than
go out In the rain I wouhl disobey or
ders and nsk our neighbor to let me
have her Ink. I asked her, and what
do you think she said? 'I haven't any
Ink, but I'll let you take my shoe pol
ish. It Is Just as good. It dries quick
ly, but you can write Just as well with
it' Oh, I never met a meaner woman
In my life." New York Times.
I'Httl's Snnlleit Audience.
Mmc. PattI, whose one appearance
on the concert platform during a Lon
don season does not nearly satisfy
the wishes ot her many admirers, tells
a .story of the occasion when her audi
ence was the smallest on record, con
sisting as It did of only one person.
The lucky ludlvdual was a child. Dur
ing a tour some years ago In America
Mme. Puttl was unable to sing at onu
of the concerts; the bad weather kept
her Indoors.
While she was quietly resting In her
hotel, she heard n child crying, and
going Into the room where the child
was, Mmc. PattI found that the llttlo
one was ln trouble because her moth
er bad gone to hear Mine. PattI slug,
She had wanted to go, but was not well
enough to be allowed out of doors.
Mme. PattI tried to console the child,
and at last she said she would Blng to
her. The child did not accept the of
fer very readily; she said she wanted
to hear Mmc. PattI sing! However,
before the first song was finished the
child had recognized the great singer.
aud when the little Impromptu con
cert was over, the audience was su
premely happy. Qolden Penny.
Unsatisfactory.
"You should be a little more ex
plicit ln your statements," said the ed-
lint- In Ihn nan- rennrter nn Iia f-lntimi.l
nvop n lmteh nf ronv. "Her vmi ,nv I
that the Hon. J. Edward Cashly, who
who has been under tho care of three ,
physicians during the past ten days,
la now out of danger."
"Well, Isn't that plain enough?"
queried the now pencil pusher.
Certaluly not," replied the autocrat
ot tho sanctum. "How Is the uniniti
ated reader to know whether the Hon.
J. Edward Is ou the high road to re-
covcry or dead and out of reach of .
the three physlclans?"-Phlladelphla
IlUlletlll.
An Kx puliation.
What kept you so lato?" asked tho
physician's wife.
Coming down on the elevated road
my professional services were very
much In demand." replied tho belated
M. D, "Man lu first car wus overcome
by tho heat and by tho time I got
hlm straightened out another man was
discovered lu tho rear car almost fro-
en to death.'
No Amateur.
Bill That man Is a honiblo liar.
Jill O, I don't know; I think ho'u
good at it Youkcrs Statesman.
di-r4-r-r-T-;
OLD
I FAVORITES i
i.t-H..5H.,,.: :
- -.
lirlalitest nd ltust.
Ilrlglitcat and beat of the sons of th
tliornlno'.
Wwn on our disttliess ami lend us
J1',1" "M,' , , , . .
alI,JKV,ornl,:"' .
, ""'ta
' ' " H -
Cold on Ids cradle the dewdropa sr
. shining,
I-ow lias his head with ths benats of
I ,no. ,ta''!
. Kn.K,t'' "dor m ln lumJ "cllnln-,
M"k" nd Monarch nni 8"lor of 4111
,hM, wo Wd hlm , co dtT0.
j tlon,
Odors of Kdom nnd offerings divine?
(Jems of the mountain and pearls of the
ocean,
Myrrh from the forest, or gold from
the mlno?
Vainly we offer each ample oblatlont
Vainly with gifts would hla favor
secure;
nicher by far la tho hurt's adoration j
Dearer to Ood are tho prayers of ths
poor.
Brightest and but of the sons of ths
morning,
Dawn on our darkness and Und us
thine aid.
Star of the east, the horizon adorning,
Guide where our Infant Redeemer Is
Isid.
Reginald Ileber.
Dixie's Land.
' Awr down South In da fields of cotton.
,C",?on ." ?nd ""d ' b"tom!
I-ook awny, look awny,
I Look Iook
, Den 'wal down 8uth ta ds fleId' ot
I on.
Vinegar shoes and paper stockings)
Look away, look away.
Look away, look away.
Den I wish 1 was In Dixie's Und,
Oh ohl Oh ohl
In Dixie's land I'll take my stand,
And live and die ln Dixie's land.
Away, away, away.
Away down South In Dixie.
Pork and cabbage ln de pot,
it goes in cold nnd cornea out hot:
Lk ,lt,
Look away, look away.
'Vinegar put right on red beet,
m;ke.hem nlwny. fit to eat;
Look away, look away,
Look away, look away,
Den I wish I was In Dixie's land,
, Oh oh! Oh ohl
n Dixie's Innd I'll take my atsnd,
And lire and die In Dixie's land,
Away, nwny, away,
Away down South In Dixie.
WOMAN DOCTOR'S 8TORY.
CnlleJ Into a Tongh Bectlon In th
Dead ot Klirht.
At a meeting of women physicians
lu Philadelphia not. long ago the after
dinner speaking took the form of per
sonal experiences. One physician told
of her first and only fright A rough
looking man had come for her to visit
a patient ln one of the worst quarters
of the city. It was past midnight and
the doctor told the man that be need
not wait; she would go as soon as
possible, meaning to call a cab. But
wheu the doctor reached her door the
man was waiting for her outside, and
Insisted upon escorting her.
I found It difficult to get rid of blm,
she said, and so walked on with him.
I soon decided that It would be better
not to offend my tough-looking escort
by taking a cab and going alone, and
I dared not ride with him; so I walked
the whole way.
I found my patient In a dangerous
condition, and the squalid room where
she lay was occupied by ten or more
other persons. I said they must go
out, ami all left save one burly negro,
who declared that he would not go
out In the cold. I Insisted, however,
and the other lodgers forced him to
leave.
It was an hour or more before I waa
ready to take my departure, and then
I planned to walk up to 8th street and
take a car. My former escort offered
to go with me, but I declined bis offer
and set off alone. I had not gone a
block before I discovered that tbo big,
surly negro, whom I had driven from
the sick-room, was following me. I
walked steadily on, but my heart beat
faster than ever beforo In my life. I
hadn't a doubt that he meant mis
chief. I missed the car I meaut to take, and
I knew that at that hour ot the night
It would be a long time bofore anotner
would come along; so I hurried on,
hearing those pursuing footsteps Just
behlud me. At every shadowy place
I expected an attack. In fancy I felt
the man's breath on my face and the
grasp of his ugly hand on my shoul
der. How I longed to see a police
man, but no one was In sight So I
wanted on and on to my own door,
and when I wag within its shelter I
was too overcome to stand.
Tho next morning I went back to see
my patient, and was received like a
princess. It then came out that the
negro bad followed me to see that I
reached home In safety; and It further
transpired that two men physicians
had refused to go to tho patient the
n,ul u'u"-' ui-causo oi joo uangcroua
character ot the neighborhood. A mur
der had been committed there the pre
vious week.
Sir. Spurgeon'a Compliment.
"Do you know, dear,", the late Mr.
Spurgeou once said to hla wife, be-
livAdll llm 1,1,00 nf ll(I elffll- 'T utma-
Umcs wu , uad ,lever marrleu ,ou
Wh u0 you wl9n lhtttr s
M n,ked. i niarm.
"Itecnuae. mv ilonr." enni
terlng answer, "It would be so nlco
to havo tho courting days over ngnln."
A Wonderful Transformation.
Three years ago a spot near I'hlladcl-
I,ultt wus covered with cornfields; to-
uly 11 $0,000,000 shipyard stands there,
sllls ore built under a huge glass and
Iron shed, which allows work to bo
.aone in nil sorts or weather.
Down town la the place where a wom
an escapes from the care of her chil
dren, und homo Is tbo place where the
man escapin the bores ho met down
town.